Winners have emerged in the Secure Lagos Hackathon, organized by the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF) and sponsored by leading lender First City Monument Bank (FCMB).
The Hackathon was designed to encourage creation of technology-based solutions to help secure the lives and properties of Lagosians, improve the operations of security and safety agencies, as well as provide employment opportunities and promoting entrepreneurship amongst youths in the state.
The 3-day event which began on Friday, May and ended Sunday, May 20 saw applications received from over 200 techies with innovative ideas.
After 3 days of discipline, diligence and hard work, with 10...
Team Eagle won the IDEA Hackathon 2013 competition. It comprises of 3 forward-thinking solution providers: ABOLUWARIN OLAOLUWA DAVID, BANJO MOFESOLA PAUL, OLADAPO OLUWADARA GLORY - all students of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA).
(R-L): Governor of Cross River State, Senator Liyel Imoke; Chairman, Info Tech Developers Entrepreneurship Accelerator (iDEA) Governing Board, Mr. Adedotun Sulaiman; Winner of iDEA Hackathon Competition, Le-Media Team Two; President-General, Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria, Dr. Chris Uwaje at the launch of iDEA second incubation centre in Tinapa Knowledge City, Calabar last weekend. (Click photo to enlarge)
What are your plans for the future?The solution...
Tiamiyu Mubarak Damilare and Uwaje Kesther finished second at the IDEA Hackathon 2013 competition held at Tinapa Knowledge City in Calabar. Below they share a bit about themselves and their future plans.
Governor of Cross River State, Senator Liyel Imoke sandwiched between the second place team (Right) and the winning team (Left) as they showcase their cheques (Click photo to enlarge)
What are your plans for the future?The production of a Pilot Prototype and commercialization of the Application/solution, its effective deployment and utilization to solve the problems of our people is our core objective and the goal of the Application...
Team 8 comprising of Oguntade Temitope and Olofu Mark finished third in the IDEA Hackathon 2013 competition held at Tinapa Knowledge City in Calabar. In this interaction, you get to know them better.
What are your plans for the future?
We are currently building a system to computerize the academia in Nigeria using minimally invasive social networking tools to enhance effective communication, better learning experience and collaborative development in our higher education institutions (HEI).
Simply stated, we intend providing academic software tools for free to all HEIs while gluing the use of these tools via social networking/communication tools.
What role did each team...
Lagos, Nigeria, 07 August 2013: Barely 16 weeks after Information Technology Developers Entrepreneurship Accelerator (iDEA) launched its first pilot Incubation Centre in Lagos, the second Pilot Centre in the programme was launched on Friday, 2nd of August 2013 in Calabar, Cross River state. The centre is located in the Tinapa Knowledge City in Calabar.
(R-L): Governor of Cross River State, Senator Liyel Imoke; Chairman, Info Tech Developers Entrepreneurship Accelerator (iDEA) Governing Board, Mr. Adedotun Sulaiman; Winner of iDEA Hackathon Competition, Le-Media Team Two; President-General, Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria, Dr. Chris Uwaje at the launch of iDEA second incubation...
Are you an app developer or entrepreneur with some great ideas? iDEA Hackathon 2013 should interest you. This year's contest challenges you to build innovative apps and games that showcases Nigeria's vibrant entertainment industry and the rich cultural heritage of the people of Nigeria. Winner of the iDEA Hackaton 2013 gets a cash prize of 450,000 Naira plus other goddies like devices and software.
Below are the details of the iDEA Hackaton 2013 contest and how you can register.
About The HackathonThe iDEA Hackathon is a 42-hour app-building contest and will culminate with launch of the iDEA Centre @ Tinapa Knowledge...
The iDEA Hackathon 2013 will be judged by a panel of experts throughout the Entertainment and Tech industry including various top entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and celebrity judges. Listed below are the rules:
1. You can prepare wireframes, outlines, notes, idea validation, make digital mockups, you name it. But no coding can be done until Tuesday 30 July
2. Teams must consist of at least 1 person but at max 5 people
3. Submissions: Each team must submit by 3pm on Thursday the Aug 1 in order to demo their application to the judges.
4. Presentations/ Judging: Presentations will start at 4pm on Thursday....
Lagos, Nigeria, 07 August 2013: Barely 16 weeks after Information Technology Developers Entrepreneurship Accelerator (iDEA) launched its first pilot Incubation Centre in Lagos, the...
Team 8 comprising of Oguntade Temitope and Olofu Mark finished third in the IDEA Hackathon 2013 competition held at Tinapa Knowledge City in Calabar....
Team Eagle won the IDEA Hackathon 2013 competition. It comprises of 3 forward-thinking solution providers: ABOLUWARIN OLAOLUWA DAVID, BANJO MOFESOLA PAUL, OLADAPO OLUWADARA GLORY...
Tiamiyu Mubarak Damilare and Uwaje Kesther finished second at the IDEA Hackathon 2013 competition held at Tinapa Knowledge City in Calabar. Below they share...
Are you an app developer or entrepreneur with some great ideas? iDEA Hackathon 2013 should interest you. This year's contest challenges you to build...
The iDEA Hackathon 2013 will be judged by a panel of experts throughout the Entertainment and Tech industry including various top entrepreneurs, venture capitalists,...
Winners have emerged in the Secure Lagos Hackathon, organized by the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF) and sponsored by leading lender First City...
